We don't have to fight the culture. Jesus has already won. Therefore, we can live with humility, gentleness, and patience. Put down your boxing gloves and pick your cross.

Amazon.com: When Thoughts and Prayers Aren't Enough: A Shooting Survivor's Journey into the Realities of Gun Violence (9780830831708): Schumann, Taylor S.: Books. A thoughtful discussion from a unique perspective amazon.com/dp/0830831703/…

Kind people have good imaginations. They enter into the experience of others. We call them "thoughtful" because they spend time thinking about how other people feel, pondering the poetics of personality, anticipating needs & desires. What a beautiful habit of thought.

“For the Life of the World” is fresh air in the middle of all the chaos of the week. This episode has me thinking about the state of hurry I live in. Faith brings hope and the chance to “wait” and trust without despair. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/for…

Ensure Trump's Family Separation Policy is Never Reimplemented congressweb.com/AILA/112?frame… I took a couple of minutes to support this request for public comment. It's easy. The link above takes you there.

Normalize the idea of mistakes. Mistakes & differences of opinion are bound to happen. #TBGInSession

I’m learning so much in the course Udemy: Ethnicity, Justice, and the People of God udemy.com/share/105OWC3@…

What we need on immigration: 1) Liberals to take seriously the crisis at the border that is overwhelming border towns 2) Conservatives to embrace legal immigration pathways for those who want make a better life 3) Both parties to come together to reform a broken system

Such a powerful statement:”I’m certain, he said, that his politics are different than mine, but he is just a quality guy. Kind, thoughtful, the kind of guy everyone wants as their neighbor.” Let’s not allow this kind of neighbor-ness, this deeper connection, die on our watch.

Tim Miller @AlanLCross Hard to eat Thanksgiving dinner without thanking the 50%+ undocumented immigrants and another 25% foreign born immigrants who work in agriculture (75% total immigrants); Who harvest our crops and work with livestock k here in our country.

Reminder: Survivors, whistleblowers & journalists pointing out institutional injustices aren’t the problem. Toxic institutions perpetuating injustices are. The further we are from the margins, the less likely we are to see this.

As leaders we can make the mistake of solely trying to grow the bottom line, increase market share, raise scores, or seek greater levels of customer service. As soon as we instead change our focus to “growing and investing in our people,” everything else grows…in abundance.

I’m discovering that computers are time machines. Setting up my new website/blog has transported me to first grade again.

So many things could be resolved if people learned how to talk things out with others, rather than taking things out on them. If you ever want to know how mature someone is, look at their ability to talk through difficult situations when in conflict with others.

Remembering that Christians are called to serve the world, rather than having the world serve us, would be revolutionary to our witness.

Everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about. Show love. Always.

.President Donald J. Trump I urge you to work together with lawmakers on both sides of the aisle to advance permanent solutions that promote border management that is secure, orderly, and humane, while addressing the root causes of Central American migration.